292 State Horticultural Society. 



yielded 6 or 7 bushels this year; and if anybody wants to know how it is 

 esteemed here, address W. S. Allee, physieian and surgeon ; Jas. Hite, 

 druggist ; H. A. Weinake, merchant. Respectfully yours, 



J. H. JENKINS, 



Olean, Missouri. 



Spring Garden, Mo. Dec. 3, 1901. 

 Hon. L. A. Goodman, Secretary Mo. State Hort. Society : 



Dear Sir — I sent you yesterday by express two average samples 

 of my new seedling apple and want your opinion, and that of the So- 

 ciety concerning it. I trust it will prove a valuable acquisition, as it has 

 borne a full crop every year since it came into bearing. 



Believing it a genuine cross between Golden Pippin and Bell Flower, 

 I named it "Golden Bell." Samples sent were medium size — not the 

 the largest — and the award given at the "Queen City Fair," with the 

 commendation of many good people here, ought to render it worthy 

 of a passing notice, at least. 



Yours for horticultural progress. 



J. H. G. JENKINS. 



The Committee on Obituary made their report as follows : 

 Mr. Murtfeldt : I think, perhaps, the whole audience is in sym- 

 pathy with the words expressed in these obituary notices, and if that 

 be the case, I will ask our worthy President to call this assembly to 

 rise for a moment in an instant silent prayer. I make that as a mo- 

 tion. Carled. 



The audience then arose for an instant in prayer. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



The Missouri State Horticultural Society meets this year under the 

 shadow of grief ; two of our most honored members, both officers, have 

 passed away. Both these brothers were strong men of marked per- 

 sonality. We all miss the genial presence of Judge Samuel Miller, the 

 energetic, masterful A. Nelson. Both found their greatest happiness, 

 excepting at their own firesides, in the meetings of this Society. We 

 sorrow at missing our brothers today. 



Judge vSamuel Miller was born in Pa., October 4, 1820, and came to 

 a ripe old age, dying Oct. 24, four score and one years old. He was 

 honestly personified, "the noblest work of God," and could not tolerate 

 duplicity in any form. Early in life he was elected a justice of the 

 peace, but never tried a case; he w^as all that such an officer should be, 

 a peace man. As a Horticulturist he was a real voi\. Munz, trying, 

 experimenting, and hard to move when he considered his conclusions 

 correct, but ready also to acknowledge a mistake. He was very unselfish ; 



